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B. L. PENERTY.

- SHOVEL.

No. 299,530. PatentedJurie a, 1884.

UNITED STATES FFICE;

ATENT SHOVEL.

SPECIFICATION. forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,530, dated June 3, 1884.

Application filed November 23, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD L. FENERTY, of Halifax, in the county of Halifax, Province of Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shovels, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figurel is an isometrical perspective view showing the bottom or under side of my improved shovel; Fig. 2, alike view showing its top or upper side; Fig. 3, a view of the socket detached; Fig. 4, a vertical transverse section taken on the dotted line at w in Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a vertical transverse section showing a modification of my improvement.

Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

This invention relatesto shovels or spades and sockets; and it consists in 'a shovel and a socket of peculiar construction, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In Fig. 1, E is the blade, and G the socket,

a depression, a, which is A-shaped in crosssection and V-shaped in area, being formed in the lower side of the blade at its upper edge, as best seen in Figs. 2, 4, and 5. V

The socket for receiving and holding the handle and the flange by'which it is attached to theblade of the shovel are integral, or formed of a single piece of metal, as best seen in Fig. 3, the flange it being V-shaped and struck up and bent or formed to fit the depression a, but of such width or size as not to extend below the lower surface of the blade. The socket proper, or that portion of the socket which is designed to receive the handle of the shovel, is formed bycurving or bending the sides 1" 1" inwardly at their centers and upper ends, and slightly curving them downwardly and outwardly, as seen at t t, at their lower ends, thereby bracing and' greatly strengthening the socket at the point where it is subjected to the severest strain in using the shovel. The socket is also bent or curved to form a goose-neck, as best shown at w in Figs. '1 and 2; but this bend may be slight or entirely omitted, if desired. Both the socket and its flange may be made of cast metal, either malleable or otherwise, if desired, although wroughtiron or steel is preferable.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is-- A shovel having a blade provided on its under side with a depression which gradually decreases in depth and diminishes in size from its outer to its inner end for receiving the attaching tang or flange of the handle-socket, said depression being V-shaped in area and A-shaped in cross-section, and a handle-socket provided with an attaching tang or flange which is V-shaped in area and A-shaped in cross-section, and adapted to fit said depression, said tang or flange being integral with the body of the socket and riveted to the blade of the shovel by rivets, the lower ends of which are within said depression and above the plane of the under side of the blade at said depression, substantially as set forth.

EDWARD LAWSON FENERTY.

Witnesses:

JOHN STRAOHAN, O. H. BENNETT. 

